Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Friday, January 24, 1913 in New York, New York (USA)
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Operas:
The Triumph of St. Joan (1950)
The Ruby, opera in one act (1955)
The Trial at Rouen (1956)
Blood Moon (1961)
Other Information:
He won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for Meditations on Ecclesiastes in 1957.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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